Hundred-indicator.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

A. H. WOODWARD. HUNDRED INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 14 Np. 818,509. PATENTBD APR. 24, 1905.

A. H. WOODWARD.

HUNDRED INDICATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED OUT. 10, 1903.

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M %?ige7zfor o wgww UNITED STATES ARTHUR H. WOODIVARD, OF

'PATEN T OFFICE.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HUNDRED-INDICATOR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aprii 24, 1906.

Original application filed September 2'7, 1901, Serial No. 76,746.Divided and this application filed October 10, 1903. Serial To a whon'zit may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. W001)- WARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inHundreds-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to indicating devices, and has for its object toprovide a new and improved hundreds-indicator.

My present invention is a division of In prior application, Serial N 0.76,746, filed September 27, 1901. I

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a plan view, with parts omitted, of a device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a viewof the cam on the resetting-shaft and the lever associated therewith.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device, showing the hundreds-indicator inposition. Fig. 5 is a view showing the hundreds-indicator and the devicefor holding it in its display position.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

My present invention is adapted to be used in connection with any kindof indicating or registering devices. For purposes of illustration Ihave shown it in connection with a registering device comprising a unitsnu meral-wheel C and a tens numeral-wheel C These numeral-wheels may berotated by any suitable mechanismsuch, for example, as that illustratedin m T prior application and as this mechanism is no part of my presentinvention I have omitted any description relating thereto. It isunderstood, of course, that the tens numerahwheel is moved one figureevery time the units-wheel makes a complete revolution. The device isprovided with a resetting-shaft I, which is rotated to reset themechanism to zero. This shaft may be rotated by the thumb-piece at theend thereof.

The resetting-shaft is provided with a cam 1*, having a shallow notch Iand a deep notch I A pivoted cam-lever I is associated therewith andprovided with tion I adapted to engage said When the device is normallyprojection I is in the notch 1*.

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The hundreds-indicator is associated with the tens numerahwheel andcomprises a wing or piece J, provided with one or more figures and adated to be moved up so as to indicate hundred when associated with thefigures on the units and tens wheels. This hundreds- Wing or displaydevice is connected to the arm J, mounted upon the resetting-shait Thetens-wheel is provided with the projection J which engages a projectionJ on the arm J mounted on the pin J connected with the frame J. This armJ is provided with a projection J which engages a projection J on thearm of the hundreds-wing. It will therefore be seen that when thetens-Wheel is given a complete revolution the projection J 2 will movethe arm J 3 so as to throw the hundredswing up in position. The arm ofthe hundreds-wing is provided with a holdingpiece J which has a suitableretractingspring J This holding-piece is provided with the projection Jwhich engages a notch C in the arm of the hundreds-wing when moved inposition, so as to hold it in such position. In Fig. 5 I haveillustrated the hundreds-indicator in its display position with theprojection J on the piece J 8 in position in the notch O in the arm J. Ihave shown the part J and the hundreds-wing separated from the othermechanism in order to show the notch O. During the resetting processthis holding-piece is lifted, when the cam-lever I rides upon theperiphery of the cam I attached to the resetting-shaft I, (see Fig. 3,)so as to release the hundredswing, and it is retracted by the spring Jlifting the arm J the projection J in this position engaging the arm ofthe hundreds-Wing, so as to throw it back.

The retracting spring J it will be noted,is connected at one end to thearm J 3 and at the other end to the holding piece or dog J This springtherefore tends to move said two pieces in opposite directions. Thismotion is limited in one direction by the pin J which passes beneath theholding-dog J 8 and engages the cam-lever I. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) Asshown in Fig. 2, the projection J 6 on the arm J 3 engages the curvedface J on the arm J when the hundreds-wing is not in use, thus lockingit against accidental movement. It will be seen that this prevents thehundredswing from being moved to its indicating or display position bythe resetting of the register or by any other cause except the normalcause, due to the action of the tens-wheel. The face J is preferably thearc of a circle, so as to permit the pin to move freely therealong. Whenthe projection on the tenswheel strikes the pr:;jection J on the arm Jthe projection J is moved down so as to engage the part J in thewing-arm, thus moving said wing out to its operative position. The wingis held in this ptsition by the projection J on the end of theholdingdog J In the process of resetting the resettingshaft I is rotatedin the direction of the ar row in Fig. 3. During the first part of thismovement the projection I rides up on the inclined face of the notch Iand the camlever I is thus lifted and remains in this lifted pcsiticnuntil the shaft is given a complete revolution. The notch I prevents theshaft from being turned backward after the resetting operation isstarted. The cam-lever I when lifted engages the pin J on theholding-dog and lifts said holding-dog, so as to remove the projection Jfrom the notch on the wing-arm, thus releasing the arm. The arm is thenthrown back by the spring J", as hereinbefore stated. It will thus beseen that the hundreds-wing is reset during the early part of theresetting process. Some means must therefore be provided for preventingthe hundreds-wing from being brought to its operative position duringthe resetting of the tens-wheel. I produce this result by lifting thearm J up so that the projection J will be out of the way of theprojection J on the tens-wheel. This is done during the first part ofthe resetting process by the pin J engaging the cam-lever I. As thiscam-lever is lifted the arm J 3 is lifted with it because of theconnection of the two by the spring J It will be seen that thisactuating projection J is held out of the way throughout the resettingprocess, and when the proj ection on the end of the cam-lever drops intothe notch on the cam the engagement cf the cam-lever with the pin Jmoves the arm J and the holding-dc g back to their normal position, thislatter movement being the final movement of resetting.

I have shown a particular construction embodying my invention; but it isof course evident that such construction may be changed in many ways andthat some of the parts may be omitted and others used with parts notherein shown without departing from the spirit of my invention. Itherefore do not limit myself to the construction shown.

I claim 1. The combination with a registering mechanism, provided with ahundreds-inclicating device, of a resetting mechanism adapted to resetthe hundreds device during the beginning of the resetting process, andmeans for preventing the hundreds device from being moved to itsoperative position during the resetting pr 3cess.

2. A registering mechanism, comprising a hundreds device, adapted toindicate hundreds, an actuating device for moving the hundreds device toits indicating position when the proper number of registrations havebeen made, a resetting mechanism for the hundreds device, and a lockingdevice for holding the hundreds device in its inoperative p: sititn.

3. A registering mechanism, comprising a hundreds-indicating device, anarm adapted to engage the same and move it to its indicating pcsitifnwhen the proper number of registratiLns have been made, a holding-dogfor holding it in such position, and a spring connected at one end tosaid arm and at the other end to the holding-dog, said spring alsoacting to return the hundreds device to its inoperative position duringthe resetting recess.

4. A hundreds-indicator, comprising a part upon which the character isplaced, an arm associated with said part, an actuating device for movingsaid arm to its indicating positicn when the proper number ofregistrations have been made, a holding-dog for holding said arm in saidindicating position, a resetting-shaft upon which the arm of thehundreds-indicator is mounted and means for re leasing said holding-dogwhen it is desired to reset the device.

5. The combination with a hundreds-indicator of a rotatable shaft uponwhich said hundreds-indicator is mounted, a cam thereon, a levercontrolled by said cam, a holding part for holding thehundreds-indicator in its indicating position, and means associatedtherewith for engaging the cam-lever when the said shaft is turned so asto release the holding part.

6. An indicating device, comprising a supporting-arm provided with adisplay part, an actuating device for said arm adapted to move it to itsindicating position, a separate holding device adapted to hold it insaid indicating position, a releasing device for releasing said holdingdevice, means for moving said arm to its concealed position, and alocking device for holding it in said latter position.

7 The combination with a units and a tens numeral -wheel of a hundredsdevice all mounted so as to move about the same aXis, an actuating partfor said hundreds device, provided with two projecting parts, oneadapted to engage the hundreds device and the other to engage thetens-wheel, and a locking device for locking said hundreds device in itsindicating position.

8. The combination with an indicating de vice of three movable parts,one adapted to IIO move the hundreds device to its indicating position,another adapted to lock said hundreds device in its indicating position,and a third adapted when moved to disengage said locking part, saidthree parts mounted so as to move about points on the same side of theaxis about which the indicating device moves.

9. The combination with an indicating device of three movable parts, oneadapted to move the hundreds device to its indicating position, said twomovable parts mounted upon the same axis and a third movable partadapted to lock said hundreds device in its indicating position, and athird adapted when moved to disengage said locking part, and means formoving said hundreds device to its non-indicating position whenreleased.

10. A registering mechanism comprising a hundreds-indicating device, aresetting-shaft upon which said hundreds-indicating device is movablymounted, a pivoted actuating part for moving said hundreds-indicatingdevice to its operative position, a locking device for looking it inthis position, and a pivoted releasing-lever for releasing said lockingdevice.

1]. A registering mechanism comprising a hundreds-indicating device, anarm adapted to engage the same and move it to its indicating positionwhen the proper number of registrations have been made, a holding device for holding it in such position, and a spring connected with saidarm and holdin device.

ARTHUR H. WOODWARD. Witnesses:

HOMER L. KRAFT, EDGAR L. CONANT.

